Research has found that participating in sports can have a healthy developmental impact on young children. These activities can promote co-operative play, teamwork and good sportsmanship.

Play Rugby provides you with session plans, video clips on how to play fun games, additional Play Rugby certificates for all the class and the full range of Game Cards.

Play Rugby Girls contains additional information for schools and clubs who would like to set up a Girls Rugby programme.

You will also find links to our Mini Rugby programme and the IRFU Child Welfare policy which informs all of our age grade rugby initiatives.

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The size of the pitch will depend on numbers and the ability of your players e.g. 7 v 7 U/12 would require a area of 30m x 30m
At each end of the pitch is a clearly marked scoring zone e.g. a ball on a cone surrounded by cones
Nobody is allowed into the scoring zone, a try is scored by knocking the ball off the cone from outside the marked zone with the playing ball
You can restrict the numbers of steps that players can run with the ball before passing
Defenders can only stand within a meter of the ball carrier to block the ball
The ball can be passed forward or backwards
Turnovers can occur from a dropped pass, an interception or blocked pass

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